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    keeping polished aluminium shiney

    +1 aircraft stripper is my mistress. it'll take off just about anything but powder coating
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    Electric fan problems, again...

    i'll take a loss of less than 2hp caused by drag of the altenator over the resistance of an extra pulley and a 5+ pound device that creates exponetial resistance depending on speed. if anyone feels froggy here's the formula for calculating out hp drag from the altenator: :biglaugh:
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    keeping polished aluminium shiney

    you can use zoop, it'a about th eonly thing that will keep something from oxidizing, that gets hot. on all the parts that don't get hot i use flitz, on hot parts zoop or clear coat, and not the aerosol canned clear, good stuff. zoop is expensive, that's why i only use it on hot parts...
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    how do you remove clearcoat on wheels??

    +1 aircraft stripper removes all here's a pic of it removing the paint from a motorcycle i'm rebuilding (this was about 15 minutes after the aircraft stripper was put on) as for the polishing, i don't use anything over a 400 grit anymore... IF i use any sandpaper at all here's...
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    98mkiv AKA(XSPOWER Turbos) - SCAM!!!! WILL NOT HONOR WARRANTY!!!! BEWARE!!!!

    we don't have to question it, you displayed your level of knowledge perfectly by running a turbo you knew was bad, for 5000 miles, then blaming the company for selling you a broken item 6 months down the line
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    98mkiv AKA(XSPOWER Turbos) - SCAM!!!! WILL NOT HONOR WARRANTY!!!! BEWARE!!!!

    you sir, need to extract your head from your ass
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    Quality of Probe Pistons?

    sorry, my car went on hold, i took the $3k left for the supra and bought a new motorcycle to rebuild and sell so i could have $5k by may lol... it'll be june probably before mine is running
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    Narrowed it down to these 5 tires...

    no they're not. they cost more than $5 per tire :biglaugh:
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    Narrowed it down to these 5 tires...

    stay away from these. i have a set of 225/45/18's on my supercharged cobalt and they don't get traction for shit, i've had them on for 20k ish miles and they are about ready to be replaced. that's without purposely doing any burnouts. my car will break the tires loose at 40mph from just...
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    battery relocation question

    even if you have a death wish, have consideration for the rescue workers trying to get your body out of the car :biglaugh:
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    Calculating the static compression ratio on a stock 7MGTE

    if my main studs would ever get here, i would have the machinist measure mine for everyone. hopefully they will be in this week and if so, i'll post the numbers. i've got probes though, don't know how they differ from oem
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    battery relocation question

    just as a said, if you have any reservations about doing something like that, go see a mechanic. i don't know if a 4 gauge would be big enough, i would use 0 gauge personally. probably something like this...
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    battery relocation question

    install battery in rear install kill switch (preferably mount it on the outside of the car, by the license plate like most mustangs have) run the same gauge ground as you do hot (don't put a bigger cable in one or the other positions, use the EXACT same size wire) viola </how to> (as...
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    quest for 500whp + some polishing

    got hks mhg in and shaftmasters 11 lb driveshaft in today... the driveshaft is a nice piece of work
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    is this the cruise control thing?

    ty.. just wanted to make sure before i gave it away
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    is this the cruise control thing?

    does this have any other function than cruise control?
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    quest for 500whp + some polishing

    well, as of today the supra build has come to a screetching halt. i'm getting another bike to rebuild next week and all my funds will be going into paying it off over the next few weeks. plan on polishing the entire bike, so it'll be all nice and sparkly. :love: [presses pause button]
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    quest for 500whp + some polishing

    it's not too hard, as long as you give them a really good coating of protectant. cleaning times vary by how dirty they get from the rain, dust etc... my motorcycle can go anywhere from a week to a month, depending on if i ride it in the rain or not, before it needs to be cleaned
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    damn rivets

    bet it was designed on friday afternoon, of payweek... dude was in a hurry to get home